Store-front construction



V. ROSS AND E. S. RHOADS.

STORE FRONLCONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATI'ON ms!) JULY 26.1920. 0

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VERNON ROSS AND ERRETT S. RHOADS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TOROSS RHOADS' COMPANY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. A CORPORATION OF MIS-SOUR/I.

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Application filed July 26 1920. Serial No. 399,059.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, VERNON Ross and ERRETT S. RHoADs, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson,State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inStore-Front Construction, of which stitute a factor ,in the 1illustrating one form of'construction which we have devised forembodying the proposed the following is a complete specification.

The present invention relates to store front construction, andaims toprovide an improved glass securing means particularly adapted for theproper retention of window lights of the heavy plate glass typeordinarily employed in store front window casings.

Accordingly, we have sought to provide an improvement over the type ofstore front which utilizes a resilient pressure upon the window glassfor securing the same in position, and have devised a clamping schemewhich exerts an unyielding pressure upon the glass and serves to retainthe same in place in a more positive manner.

It is also an object of the invention to provide aclamping or glasssecuring means of this character which will afford the proper range ofadjustment for accommodatis proposed to employ moulding or finishingstrips which will exert no pressure upon the glass, either directly orindirectly, in contrast to'p rior constructions in which said mouldingor finishing strips usually conretaining means. 7

Vith the foregoing general objects in view, thejinvention will nowbedescribed by reference to the accompanyingdrawing glass clamping or'improvements, after whichthe novel features therein will be particularlyset forth and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a broken plan view, in irregular sections,illustrating a portion of a store front construction embodying thepresent improvements;

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views representing sections taken on thelines 22 and 3-3, respectively, of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a sectional perspective view illustrating a portion of thewindow casing with the sheathing strip which lines the glass clampingface, and glass supporting led e of said casing.

eferring now to the drawing in detail, this illustrates the proposedfeaturesof improvement in relation to a window casing structure,indicated generally by the reference numeral 5, the said casing beingformed with the usual glass clamping face 6 and glass supporting ledge7. The detail views shown on the drawing may, of course, represent anysection of the window casing 5;

formed with a rearwardly extending margin 10 provided with an offset 12for. engagementlwith a longitudinal recess 14 in the casing 5, foraiding in securing the sheathing strip in place, as well as improvingthe smooth finish of the construction.

The windowglass 15 is supported upon a series of suitable blocks 16located at ap propriate intervals along the upper face of ing strip, andat corresponding intervals between the said blocks 16, the base portion9 of the sheathing strip is formed with an anchoring rib 17 so stampedas to extend at an angle to the plane of the face 6 of the windowcasing, as shown in Figure 1. For each of the anchoring ribs 17, acomparatively rigid clamping piece 18 is provided,

the base or anchoring portion 9 of the sheath- A F each piece 18 beingformed with an inwardly pro ecting glass engaging portion 19 .(seefigure 2), and also with an inwardly projecting cam edge 20 adapted foradjustable clamping engagement with the rib 17 (see Figure 1). Suitablespacing plates or strips 21 formed integral with or separate fromclamping portion 8, are interposed at intervals'between the glass 15 andsaid clamping portion 8 of the sheathing strip, and for securing each ofthe clamping pieces 18 to the window casing, a fastening device, such asa screw 22, is passed through the body portion of the piece 18 andthrough a slot 23 in the clamping face portion 8 of the sheathing, saidslot 23 being of a length approximately equal to that of the rib 17 thisbeing for the purpose of allowing adjustment of clam ing piece 18 alongits corresponding rib 1 for accommodating different thicknesses of glass15, the slot 23 enabling the screw 22 to be secured to the clamping face6 of the window casing at any point opposite the rib 17.

he free end of each clamping piece 18 projects a slight distance beyondits glass enga ing portion 19 for affording a retaining nger 24extending in spaced relation to the outer face of the glass 15 andpermitting retaining engagement with one of the flanges 25 of a mouldingor finishing strip 26 Which is stamped from suitable sheet materialadapted to impart a certain degree of resiliency to the edges of themoulding strip. The other marginal flange 27 of said strlp 26 is turnedinwardly and adapted to be snapped into retaining engagement with theouter marginal bead'28 formed upon the free edge of the base oranchoring portion 9 of the sheathing strip; for facilitating engagementof the said flange 27 and head 28, the width of the base or anchoringportion 9 of the sheathing strip is such as to permit the outer portionthereof to be sprung upwardly, as indicated in Figures 2 and 3, for thepurpose of inserting the flange 27 beneath the head 28 and intoretaining engagement therewith.

Suitable notches 30 are formed in the marginal portion of the base oranchoring portion 9 of the sheathing sheet, while a series of outletopenings 31 are provided in the moulding or finishing strip 26 oppositeto the notches 30, to afford the necessary drainage and provide for aircirculation, as is customary in constructions of this character.

It will thus be apparent that we have devised a compact and extremelysimple construction for fulfilling the desired object of theinvention.-The series of clamping pieces 18 exert a comparatively rigid clampingpressure upon the glass 15, and the provision of the cam portion 20 inconjunction with the anchoring rib 17 and the slots 23 in the sheathingstrip, enables the clamping means to be adjusted for varying thicknessesof glass 15 and the parts secured together at any point along the rib 17and the corresponding slot 23. No separate fastening devices arerequired for the attachment of the moulding or finishing strip 26, sincethis is applied by simply hooking its flange 25 over the retainingfingers 24 of the clamping pieces 18, and then snapping its other flangeportion 27 beneath the bead 28 of the sheathin strip, and when the saidmoulding or finlshing strip is in place, there are no fastening orclamping devices whatever exposed to view. Thus a very smooth, neat andattractive exterior appearance is obtained by means of the describedconstruction and it will be understood that the moulding or finishingstrip 26 is made use of only for the purpose of enclosing the otherparts and obtaining the required finished appearance and is not utilizedin any way as one of the elements of the clamping mechanism, the glass15 being wholly supported and heldin place by the other parts of theconstruction. It will furthermore be seen that there are no complicatedparts in the construction, the operation of fitting or assembling theparts together and securing the clamping members in position being sosimple as to require only unskilled workmen to properly install theconstruction complete.

While we have illustrated and described what now is deemed to constitutethe preferred form of construction, we desire to reserve the right tomake such changes or modifications as may fairly fall within the scopeof the following claims:

We claim:

1. A store front construction comprising a window casing formed with aledge and a clamping face, a fixed anchoring rib on the ledge, extendingat an angle to said clamping face, a moulding strip fitting against theledge with one edge in proximity to the outer face of the glass, and aclamping element engaging the rib and the outer face of the glass tohold the latter unyieldingly against movement with respect to saidclamping face of the casing; said clamping element engaging andcooperating with the said rib for glass clamping purposes.

2. A store front construction comprising a window casing formed with aglass supporting ledge and a clamping face adjoining said ledge, asheathing strip overlying said clamping face and provided with a slot, afixed anchoring rib extending along said ledge adjacent to said slot andat an angle to said clamping face, and a clamping element provided witha fastening device operating through said slot to secure said element tothe clamping face, said clamping element being provided with a cam edgeoooperating adjustably with said anchoring rib or glass clampingpurposes.

3. A store front construction comprising a Window casing formed with aglass supporting ledge and a clamping face adjoining said ledge, asheathing strip overlying said clamping face and ledge and provided witha slot along said face and also With an extension overlying said ledge,the extension of said strip being formed with an anchoring rib extendingat an angle to the clamping face adjacent to said slot, and a-clampingelement secured to said clamping face through said slot and providedwith a cam edge cooperating adjustably with said anchoring rib for glassclamping purposes.

4. In a store front construction, a sheet metal sheathing for the casingof the window, an element secured to the casing and in contact with thewindow glass for firmly clamping such glass in place, and a mouldingstrip covering said element and having a resilient flange retained bysaid element in proximity to the glass; the opposite edge of the mouldinr strip and'the outer edge of the sheathing being interlocked togetherwith a resilient relation.

5. A store front construction comprising a window casing formed with aglass.s'upporting ledge and a clamping face adjoii'iing said ledge, asheathing strip overlying said ledge, clamping devices in contact withthe window glass and operative to clamp such glass against movement withrespect to said clamping face, and a moulding or finishing stripprovided with marginal resilient flanges adapted for detachableretaining cngagement with said clamping devices and with the outer edgeof said sheathing strip.

In witness whereof, we hereto afiix onr signatures.

VERNON ROSS. ERRETT S. RHOADS.

